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Patented Jan. 17.1882.

ZW' ATTORNEYS I. RTHE'LPS s1,- W. F. SIBFERS.

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wlTNEssEs www f To allwhom it may concern LUNITED STATES ISAAC E. PHELPS,`OF WAHOO,

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AND WILLIAM F.`SIEFERS,' OF SGRIBNER, NEBRASKA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 252,518, dated January 17, 1882.

4 Application iiled June 28, 1881. (No model.)

Be it known that we, IsAAc E. PHELPs, of Wahoo, inthe county of Saunders and State of Nebraska, and WILLIAM F. Sinni-Jas, residing at Scribner, in the count-y ofDodge and State ot Nebraska, both citizens ofthe United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wagon-Bodies; and we do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and eX- act description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, and to letters or gures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification;-

Figure 1 is a side view of a wagon-body, showing our device applied. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section; Figs. 3 and 4, end views; Figs. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and l), details.

This invention relates to wagon-bodies.

The invention consists in the construction hereinafter described.

In the drawings hereto annexed, A is the bottom ofthe body, having its rear edge curved at a; B B, the sides; (l, the front; I) and E, the tail-boards, and F F the supplemental sides.

G G are cleats on front board, C, having grooves c and holes g, the former above,`the latter on aline with or near the top of, the sides B B.

Passing through holes g gis a rod, H, having any form of head or nuth at one end, and

any form of washer h loose, and a crank-nut, h2, threaded upon the other end.

In the tops ot sides BB are grooves b b, and fastened to the side of these sides are plates l, having slots c registering with grooves b, and legs c2 upon the sides of said grooves, having the lugs c3 turned out, as shown. The ends of rod H rest in the grooves b and slots e', and when tightened up bytthe nut h2 the head lt and washer It catch under these lugs c3 and keep the rod from slipping from its sea t.

At their front ends supplemental sides IF F have grooves f f on a line with grooves c c. On the outside of the sides are plates K and L, on a line with groovesff, plate K having a slot, lr, and countersinkjt, and plate L having slot and lugs Z on each side,| slots k and lregistering with groovesff. Seated in these grooves and slots is a rod, M, whose square head l2 rests in countersink 7c', and its washer m is held by cranknut m behind lugs l', said nuttightening the rod M.

The lower tail-board, D, is held to bottom A by hinges d d, open at d', so as to be readily removable from pins d2.

Through eyes d3 of hinges (l passes a rod N, its ends resting in grooves b b of sides B B and slots p g of plates P Q, one of said plates having lugs p for the head ofthe rod and the other a recess, q', for the hub of the cranknut, both vplates being seated" in or fastened to the sides.

In the cleats e e of the yupper tail-board, E, are holes c e, through which passes the rod R, its ends resting. in grooves b2 b2 of supplemental sides F F, its nut r resting in a countersink, s, in a plate, S, on one side, and being locked by a cam, r', at its other end, sprung behind the lugs t t ot' aplate, T, the two plates being seated in the sides, like plates l? and Q.

U are standards on sides F F, passing through loops on sides B B.

Underneath the bottom A, about midway, is a bar, V, projecting outward from Whose ends, and held by nuts, are the bolts W, having eyes w. Hooked in these eyes w are rods X, caxmying at their ends cams Y, having -handles y and lugs y.

Z is a bar resting across and on top ot' supplemental sides F F, having at its ends plates .e a, both ends and plates being grooved, as shown at a', the plates preferably having the lugs z2. The upper ends of rods X are slipped into these grooves and the cams turned down on the plates, the Vlugs y catching against the inner ends ofthe plates and the cams binding on said plates, as shown in Fig. 5.

Instead of a bolt and rod, a single rod, X', may be used, and the cams may be locked on the plates z behind the lugs 22, bot-h Ways being shown.

By this construction is furnished a wagonbox which is readily put together and firmly and securely held, at the same time admitting of quick and easy separation.

What We claim s- In testimony whereof We affix om` signatures As a. means of securing suplgmtlantal s11des in presence of two witnesses. to a Wagon, the hars V and t e atter avy ing notches at its ends, in combination with 5 rods which are attached at one end to the bar V, and carry at the other end cams or other Witnesses: securing devices adapted to the notched ends J. A. WRIGHT, of bar Z, as set forth. CHAS. INCHES. 

